Means for attaching car-wall linings



July 21, 1925.

c. H. FARIS MEANS FOR ATTACHING CAR WALL LININGS Filed Oct. 8, 1924 Irwenior: Clyde H Faris A iiarney Patented July 21, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLYDE H. FARIS, OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

MEANS FOR .ATTACHING CAR-WALL LININGS.

Application filed. October 8, 1924. Serial No. 742,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE H. FAnls, residing at Roanoke, county of Roanoke, State of Virginia, and being a citizen of the 5 United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Attaching Car-Wall Linings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will. enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

It is necessary to line metallic walls of railway cars with a wooden lining so that the car may be used to transport any kind of lading. The lining prevents the moisture, due to condensation on the inside of the metallic plate, from coming in contact with the grain lading and causing mildew or if the ear is loaded with cement, this moisture would cause hardening of portions of the cement requiring resacking. There are also limitations regarding the loading of explosives prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A wooden lining is also useful to block the lading to.

Wooden nailing strips are convenient because the lining may be secured thereto by ordinary nails, which are easily applied and easily removed. Such nailing strip, however, must be secured to the end wall without any loose means (such as a bolt) extending from the outside to the inside of the wall as moisture would get into the car. Even if such means were made solid (such as a rivet) frost would follow through and afterwards melt. In my arrangement I secure the lining to the nailing strip by entirely separate means from that which secures the nailing strip to the wall.-

End walls for railway cars are in service which are made of a metallic plate with a plurality of corrugations formed therein. In such a construction my holder fits within such corrugation, thus obtaining a very neat, compact and tight arrangement.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows a section of a corrugated end wall for a railway car with my inven tion applied thereto.

Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of th holder and pin.

Fig. 3 shows a top plan view of the holder and pin.

The holder 1 is secured to the wall 2 of the car by rivets 3 or any other convenient means. The holder may be made of upper andv lower separate pieces but the one piece holder with integral upper and lower members, as illustrated, is preferable. The upper member 4 is provided with a flange 5 projecting upwardly from its outer edge and this upper member and its flange are provided with slot 6. The lower member 7 is provided with perforation 8. The nailing strip 9 for the lining 10 is positioned between the members of the holder and is provided with a groove 11 in its outer surface which registers with the slot 6 of the upper member 4 and the perforation 8 of the lower member 7. The headed pin 12 is inserted in the groove 11 and perforation 8, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the head 13 is then inserted in the slot 6 and dropped behind the flange 5. A cotter key 14:, nut or any other convenient means is then applied to the lower end of the pin to retain its head behind the flange which thereby retains the pin and the nailing strip in place. The lining 10 is then nailed to nailing strip 9.

The nailing strip may be positioned either horizontally or vertically.

I claim:

1. In combination with a wall for a railway car, a holder secured to said wall, comprising an upper member provided with a slot and a flange, a lower member provided with a perforation, a nailing strip positioned between said members and provided with a groove, a lining secured to said strip, a headed pin engaging said slot, perforation and groovev with its head behind said flange, and means to retain said head in position behind said flange.

2. The combination of a metallic Wall for sitioned between said members and proa railway car having a corrugation formed Vided with a groove, a lining secured to said therein, a holder fitting within said eorrustrip, a headed pin engaging said slot, per- 10 gation and secured to said wall, said holder foration and groove with its head behind eomprising an upper member provided with said flange, and means to retain said head a slot and a flange, a lower member pr0- in position behind said flange. vided with a perforation, a nailing strip po- CLYDE H. FARIS. 

